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Message: [QUOTE="PoppyHart, post: 4622537, member: 515"] I'm not sure they could legally get away with not paying him the difference. If he was due $3 million from ND and signed with USF for 1 million, I believe they'd still be on the hook for the $2 million. It's tantamount to reverse slavery. You can't force someone to work (except for rare circumstances where monetary damages won't suffice and specific performance is the only solution) b/c it has connotations of slavery. Here, if they didn't have to pay him, they could theoretically fire him immediately upon hiring and force him to sit on his bum and go insane. Some people just need to be active. There is also a big push to invalidate non compete clauses nationwide. I wonder how that will impact deals going forward if it were to pass. P.S. I suppose whether he was truly fired also comes into play. I think they tried to play it off as a mutual decision. [/QUOTE]